Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA)

Geriatric Community outreach coordinated by Edita Reyes, RN, BSN. A Patient Education on Hypertension was held on June 1, 2006, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. at Olen Jones Senior Apartment Community in Rancho Cucamonga. This was accompanied by Blood Pressure Screening which was assisted by Star Home Health Resources, Inc. Every 1st Thursday of the month, Ms. Reyes will be speaking of any disease process common to the geriatrics population.

Health Fair/ Community Outreach Program on July 26 & 27, 2006, at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, Calif., for Filipino Veterans in conjunction with honoring them at the 65th Anniversary of the US Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).

Publications and Position Statements

Published geriatric articles in the Philippine American Nurse Newsletter and posted to the association Web site:

Maria Lourdes Bayog is the recipient of the 2006 Phillippine Nurses' Association of America Foundation (PNAAF) Fellow. Ms. Bayog is an MSN student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) specializing in Advanced Community Health and International Nursing. She works as a Clinical Nurse II at the UCSF Medical Center, Adult Medical Surigical Intensive Care Unit.